I'm new to the forum and the rotary world in general. I've been looking into getting a fd for a while now, i've come across a car minus motor and tranny. I was just curious what are the pros and cons of going this route instead of finding a full car. I was also curious to see where the best places for buying a tranny and a motor from along with all the supporting electronics and such. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.



-Eric

don't. Just get yourself a fully built car already, i did the engine/shell combo and having to find all the pieces you have/dont have is rather annoying. Not to mention the fact you need to make sure the car wasn't an automatic prior as well. You may think you're saving but in reality it's going to put you at about the same price of what a good deal on a built car would.



T.c.

Eric if the car has a clear title and you you can get it for no more than 6k then go for it. Other wise just buy a complete car.

Unless your a mechanic witha full shop, lots of tim eand pateince its not worth it. It just a huge hassle, much more than you would initialy predict.

[quote name='psyclo' date='May 2 2005, 05:25 PM']Unless your a mechanic witha full shop, lots of tim eand pateince its not worth it. It just a huge hassle, much more than you would initialy predict.


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especially if its your first FD. Trust me, I bought a car that was fully dissasembled. Its a lot of damn work and trouble if you dont have every tool and tons of time to do so. But like dave said, if its under 6k than go for it. Just might take you a while, and in the long run its going to cost you about the same.

i bought a shell awhile back, and made it driveable in about 3-4 weeks. I've been working on FDs for 8 years though... like they said, if this is gonna be your first one... Get a running one and enjoy it, and learn it a peice at a time. Nothing like a HUGE project to make you hate the car before you ever even get to drive it.

[quote name='GreyGT-C' date='May 2 2005, 10:16 PM']i bought a shell awhile back, and made it driveable in about 3-4 weeks. I've been working on FDs for 8 years though... like they said, if this is gonna be your first one... Get a running one and enjoy it, and learn it a peice at a time. Nothing like a HUGE project to make you hate the car before you ever even get to drive it.


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exactly, i almost bought a 240 because i was sick of waiting for paint on my project, thats sad

I work at a used car dealership with a lift and everything, the car is a rolling shell just minus the motor and tranny as I previously stated. I'm not sure if the car was an auto or manual though. The title is clean and I could probably walk away with it for around 5k or so. This is my first rotary project, and I have wanted a FD for a while now, but figured if I bought the shell for cheap. I could build the motor to what I want from the start rather then buy a full car and have to pay someone to take it out, do the work, and put it back in. Worked well for the mustang I had, so I was unsure how it would fare with the FD. Thanks for the input.



-Eric

my car unfortunately was more of a hassle then need be because some things weren't told to me that weren't readily easy to see by just doing a good once over on the car. My ch asis harness was an automatic harness, and random other things on the car were missing due to a haltech (which i was fine with up until i found out the god damned car was an automatic) so that made this whole endevour a living hell and im about a week from scrapping the project and selling the car if i can't get it to start.

[quote name='EricUrS4' date='May 2 2005, 06:46 PM']I work at a used car dealership with a lift and everything, the car is a rolling shell just minus the motor and tranny as I previously stated. I'm not sure if the car was an auto or manual though. The title is clean and I could probably walk away with it for around 5k or so. This is my first rotary project, and I have wanted a FD for a while now, but figured if I bought the shell for cheap. I could build the motor to what I want from the start rather then buy a full car and have to pay someone to take it out, do the work, and put it back in. Worked well for the mustang I had, so I was unsure how it would fare with the FD. Thanks for the input.



-Eric


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If it's your first rotary how do you know what you want to do with the engine? I mean you really ought to drive it bone stock before you start getting crazy on it. At least then you know what your improving on. A stock motor with some bolt ons will make the car a lot of fun and still fast enough to get you in alot of trouble. Good luck but hopefully you can see the sense in what I am getting at.



So what are you planning for the engine anyhow?